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Fountains Abbey, by John Sell Cotman

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An image of Fountains Abbey. Cotman, John Sell (British, 1782-1842). Watercolour over graphite on paper, height 859 mm, width 606 mm, 1804.

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Fountains Abbey. Cotman, John Sell (British, 1782-1842). Watercolour over graphite on paper, height 859 mm, width 606 mm, 1804.

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  • Accession Number: 2750
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/22.0
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 1025 pixels
  • Image width: 721 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 778.21kB
  • Exposure time: 1/90
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 22/1
  • Captured: 2011:11:21 18:04:05

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19th Century abbey arch arched arches architectural architecture archway Britain British British School Cotman ecclesiastical England English exterior Fitz_PDP Fountains Abbey Gothic John Sell Cotman Medieval overgrown Romanticism ruins watercolour Yorkshire

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